Liquid dispensing device for bottles



zmwss L. R. PAUL May 5, 11936.

LIQUID DISPENSING DEVICE FOR BOTTLES Filed May 7, 1955 INVENTOR; 160; IZMN,

F 6' BY ATTORNEY UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE 2,039,658 LIQUID DISPENSINGDEVICE FOR BOT TLES

Leon R. Paul, Brooklyn, N. Y., assignor to Dalynip Pourer Corp., NewYork, N. Y., a corporation of New York Application May 7, 1935, SerialNo. 20,121

8 Claims.

This invention relates to a liquid dispensing device for bottles,preferably associated with the usual cork or stopper and including meansex-' tending through the cork for the escape of the liquid therein andmeans for venting the bottle or other container, while the cork remainstightly in the neck, until the bottle is emptied of its contents.

The main .feature of the present invention comprises a stamped blank ofsuitable sheet material having opposite ring or Wing portions connectedby a centralconnecting web portion, and a shank portion pendingtherefrom; the blank being subsequently folded on its vertical central'line by suitable dies for forming an integral vent tube and forinterlocking the ring portions to produce a rigid drum like structurehaving means for holding side disks of paper, celluloid or othermaterial upon which the character of the contents of the bottle may beprinted or otherwise applied.

The object of the invention is to provide a one piece structure as abovedescribed for permanent attachment to a pouring tube and its associatedbottle stopper.

The companion ring or wing portions of the stamped blank each havecentral generally circular openings into which project clamping tonguesor lugs, those lugs of one ring portion being arranged in relativelystaggered relation with the lugs of the opposite ring so that when theblank is folded to position the lugs of one ring are in registrationwith spaces in the otherone, and thus, said lugs may be folded acrossand clamped under and outward against the outer sides of bezel orchannel rings for holding side closure disks.

The dispensing device herein described has an ornamental as well as anattractive appearance and is of stout rigid construction well suited forthe purpose intended.

Other features of construction will appear as the following descriptionproceeds.

In the drawing disclosing the invention in detail:

Fig. 1 is a side elevation of the device with portions of the cork orstopper, the pouring tube and the vent tube broken away;

Fig. 2 is a plan view of the single stamped blank of sheet metal to forma unit of the construction;

Fig. 3 shows in side elevation the blank of Fig. 2, folded centrally onits vertical central line, showing the vent tube drawn to shape and theparts of the ring clamped together, including bezel or channel rings forholding printed or colored disks'for closing the sides of the ringstructure;

Fig. 4 is an'enlarged horizontal sectional view, taken on the line 4-4of Fig. 1;

. Fig. 5 .is an enlarged fragmentary section taken on the line 55 ofFig. 1, showing a means for permanently attaching the ring part to thepouring tube; and

' Fig. 6 is an edge view of a bezel or channel ring.

In describing the construction, I will designate the cork'or'stopper bythe letter C, a pouring or flow tube by P, a vent tube by V, a dustexcluding swinging gate by G and a disk or handle part by R.

In carrying out the invention a blank III, of sheet material, such asthin steel or aluminum, is stamped out to produce opposite ring or wingwall forming portions, I I, formed with peripheral spacing andreinforcing flanges I2 turned back upon the circular edges I3 of thewallforming portions as in Fig. 2 and at the right in Fig. 4.

The wall forming portions II, are cut out centrally toproduce centralspaces I4, surrounded by inwardly directed circularly spaced lugs ortongues I5 which are arranged in opposite staggered relation when theblank is folded on the fold-line F, in Fig. 2, so that opposite tonguesmay be folded-over into oppositely aligned spaces between the tongues ofthe other ring and folded or-clamped down upon the outer faces of bezelor channel rings I6 placed against the outer faces of the ring wallforming portions II. The channels I! of the rings I6, are positioned toreceive printed or colored side closures, disks or panels l8, to enhancethe appearance of the ring orhandle part R of the device which willhereinafter be termed disk or disk part.

Returning now to the metallic sheet blank I 0; the ring wall formingportions II, are connected by a cross-web I9 from which extends a shankportion which provides material for the vent tube V.

At opposite sides of the fold lines F, of Fig. 2, in the connecting webportion I9, are a pair of open slits or slots 2I, a pair of rivet holes22, and a pair of vent holes 23.

The base of the shank web 20, is cut a short distance up into thecross-web I9 to provide opposite triangular prongs 24, which when theblank is folded, project through a radial slot 25, formed in a metal cap26, arranged over the top of the cork or stopper C. Said prongs beingspread apart and turned back as at 21, Fig. 1, against the inner face ofthe cap 26, to lock the ring or handle R to the cork, and above thisconnection, a strap or band 28, having rivet holes to correspond to therivet holes 22 of the blank III, has its ends passed through the slots2|, from opposite sides of the pouring tube P, and extended outwardlybetween the folded blank portions I9, to'

receive a cross bolt or pin 29.

It will be manifest from the foregoing description that this device isfirst assembled in two sepa 7 rate units, i. e. the cork and its pouringtube extending entirely therethrough and carrying the swinging gateclosure 6 and the metallic crown-or cap 26 snugly encircling the top ofcork; the second assembled unit comprising-the ring 'and'handle portionand the vent tube formed integral with the ring and central wall formingportions of the blank II]; this second unitlis shaped-to its final formas in Fig, 3, by one or more appropriate stamping and drawing dies toachieve economical production. j V

Theeunits are finally permanently conjoinedby grasping the ring R andforcing the free end of the -'vent tube'downward through anorifice inthe cork cap 26 and thence through a registering bore extending throughthe .cork 'as far as the prongs 24 entering slot 25 of the cork cap willpermit; the prongs are then turned outwardly and upwardly against thewall of said cap, after which vertical line.

What I claim is:

1. In a fluid dispensing device, the combination with a bottle stopperand a pouring tube therein, of a pair of contacting disk members havinga'folded connecting web portion therebetween and a venttube'integralwith said folded webconnecting portion and extending through saidstopper. 7

2. In a fluid dispenser the combination with a stopper and apouring tubepassingtherethrough, of a disk member and a vent tube formed of a singlesheet of metal; the disk member comprising opposed wall forming portionhaving contacting marginal spacing flanges and radial inwardly directedtongues; and channel rings held in binding face contact with the saidopposed wall formlock the parts and a vent tube formed with theprojecting wall forming portions, and passing 'through the said smallerorifice of the cork cap and through said cork.

4. In combination, a cork, a cap thereon, a tube passing centrallythrough the cork and cap, a disk 7 7 member, a vent tube formedtherewith, said cap having a radial slot, a doubled metal connecting webprojecting from and integral with the material of the disk member, thedoubled metal connecting web having aligned slots and aligned boltholes; aligned prongs located .upon said diskmemher and projectingthrough said radial slot to'be clinched back upon the cork cap;anda-strap on said pouring tube having its ends projected through theslotsv and fastened by ar'ivet passing through said holes.

5. In combination, a cork; a pouring tube .ex tending therethrough; adisk member; a vent tube integral with the disk member, the vent tubeextending throughsaid cork; andemeans for connecting the diskmember tothe cork and pouring tube.

6. In combination, a disk member comprising folded connected webbedwings having tongues,

channel rings associated with the wings and assembled in intimaterelation therewith bysaid tongues, a vent tube integral with a portionof the webbed material; disks carried by the channel rings forclosing'the sides of said member; acork and a pouring tube extendingtherethrough and means for connecting the disk member and vent tube tothe cork and pouring tube.

7. As an article of-manufacture'a venting structure for a liquiddispensing device for bottles, comprising a unitary structure having apair of opposed matching disks, a connecting web between said disks,means between said disks for locking themtogether in matched position,and a venting tube extending beyond the disks, said 7 venting tube beingformed in part and integral with said web and venting meansin'saidweb-portion of said vent. V V

8. A structure as set forth in claim 7,-in which the said webs areprovided with locking'prongs.

LEON R. PAUL.

